on the road

idiom

1

: traveling especially in a car, truck, bus, etc.

We've been on the road since Tuesday.

Musicians often spend many months on the road.

2

of a vehicle : being used

You don't see too many of those cars on the road anymore.

3

: in good enough condition to be legally driven

It will cost $1,500 to get the car back on the road.

Examples of on the road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Drake Maye threw a career-high five touchdown passes before getting the rest of the game off in the third quarter, New England scored a TD on its first six drives and the Patriots finished the regular season undefeated on the road by dominating the New York Jets 42-10 on Sunday. —CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025

The Panthers bested the Buccaneers, 23-20, in Week 16, and Carolina will look to close out a sweep on the road just two weeks later. —Charlotte Observer, 28 Dec. 2025

Take extra caution when on the road or avoid driving if possible. —Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 27 Dec. 2025

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy singled out California for issuing commercial driver's licenses to what his department says are unqualified immigrant truckers that put lives on the road in danger. —Nilesh Christopher Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for on the road

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed